I wanted to check into this thread yesterday and respond but I guess I got too high… One of the drawbacks of this hobby 
I don’t own an SSV but I bought a DBV (like the SSV’s cousin, very similar vape) with the baller upgrade and it’s a beast! I would definitely use the heater cover that comes with the baller upgrade as it’s made to hold the extra heat mass. Mine holds something like 300+ rubies.
Ever since the baller upgrade, I don’t need to turn the dial past about 1 o’clock to get a nice dark roast. You can combust easily past 2 o’clock in my setup.
There’s no recovery time to this thing. I’ve never been able to outrun the heater, even sharing it with 6 people. It’s an endless fountain of pure convection and it tastes great. It’s ball vape power in a log shape.
I like all-glass paths instead of a whip so I got some 90deg male/female 18mm adapters to use as a bowl and attached some 18mm mouthpieces.
